The sheer complexity of the structure of London is the problem – we have over 170 organisations responsible for the emergency planning forum, all with wide responsibilities and jurisdictions," says Richard Barnes, deputy mayor of London and chair of the London Regional Resilience Forum, an arm of the LRP that addresses pan-London multi-agency co-operation."

Known within the multi-agency federal task force as Operation Fast and Furious, the undercover investigation culminated in January with 34 people being charged in a 53-count indictment that included drug smuggling and money laundering allegations.

Immediately after the 47-year-old Mr. Figoski was shot and hours before the father of four died at the hospital, the NYPD's Organized Crime Control Bureau's Firearms Suppression Division and the multi-agency U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force began conducting an emergency trace on the weapon, officials said.